Exhibit 31.2

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Franklin N. Saxon, President and Chief Operating Officer of Culp, Inc.,
(principal financial officer) certify that:

        1.     I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Culp, Inc.;

        2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
               statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
               necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
               circumstances under which such statements were made, not
               misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

        3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
               financial information included in this report, fairly present in
               all material respects the financial condition, results of
               operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
               periods presented in this report;

        4.     The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are
               responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
               and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
               15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

               (a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                      caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
                      designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
                      information relating to the registrant, including its
                      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
                      within those entities, particularly during the period in
                      which this report is being prepared;

               (b)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
                      controls and procedures and presented in this report our
                      conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
                      controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
                      covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

               (c)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
                      internal control over financial reporting that occurred
                      during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the
                      registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
                      annual report) that has materially affected, or is
                      reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's
                      internal control over financial reporting; and

        5.     The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have
               disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
               control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
               and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors
               (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

               (a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                      the design or operation of internal control over financial
                      reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
                      the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and
                      report financial information; and

               (b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                      management or other employees who have a significant role
                      in the registrant's internal control over financial
                      reporting.

Date:  December 9, 2004         By: /s/ Franklin N. Saxon
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                                Franklin N. Saxon
                                President and Chief Operating Officer (principal
                                financial officer)